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BRAZIL / YUSRA MARDINI PRESSER

Yusra Mardini, a Syrian swimmer and other members of the Refugee Olympic Team (ROT) held their first press conference this week in Rio de Janeiro, prior to their debut at the Olympic Games. UNHCR
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STORY: BRAZIL / YUSRA MARDINI PRESSER
TRT: 02:08
SOURCE: UNHCR
RESTRICITONS: PLEASE CREDIT UNHCR
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / ARABIC / FRENCH / NATS

DATELINE: 02 AUGUST 2016, RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL

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1. Wide shot, ROT athletes walking in for press conference,
2. Med shot, press conference
3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Rami Anis, Refugee Olympic Swimmer:
“This is a great opportunity. Every athlete’s dream is to compete in the Rio Games. Since we were children we dreamt of taking part in the Olympics. Each one of us dreamt we would compete under our national flag, but unfortunately war has prevented us from doing that. We are very proud to be part of the refugee team. We will represent all refugees around the world. My heart and soul will be with Syria and God willing when the Tokyo games come, there will not be any refugees left and all the athletes here will compete for their countries. There is nothing more precious than the homeland.”
4. Various shots, dais
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Yusra Mardini, Refugee Olympic Swimmer:
“I want to tell everyone that I really missed Damascus, in the beginning. I am going to go back one day and I miss everything there and I want them to not like to give up, I want everyone to remember me, because there are a lot of people who know me there. I want everyone to think of their dreams because a lot of people forgot their dreams and I hope that everyone will follow their dreams to achieve something good in the future.”
6. Med shot, Olympic athletes Popole and Yolande
7. SOUNDBITE (French) Yolande Mabika, Refugee Olympic Martial Artist:
“The day I enter the stadium I will feel strong and I will think about my family.”
8. Various shots, refugee athletes posing for a photograph

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Yusra Mardini, a Syrian swimmer and other members of the Refugee Olympic Team (ROT) held their first press conference this week in Rio de Janeiro, prior to their debut at the Olympic Games.

Rami Anis, another Syrian swimmer, said “since we were children we dreamt of taking part in the Olympics. Each one of us dreamt we would compete under our national flag, but unfortunately war has prevented us from doing that. “

Anis said he hoped for the next Olympic Games, which will take place in Tokyo, Japan in 2020 “there will not be any refugees left and all the athletes here will compete for their countries.”

Mardini said she would like everyone in Syria “to think of their dreams because a lot of people forgot their dreams and I hope that everyone will follow their dreams to achieve something good in the future.”

Yolande Mabika, who escaped from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and is competing in the Judo category, said “he day I enter the stadium I will feel strong and I will think about my family.”

For the first time in history, a Refugee Olympic Team will compete in the Olympics, representing more than 21 million refugees around the world.

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